And interestingly, this biomass and resulting N capture, resulted in a yield bonus across a drought and a wet year. In fact, more plants were worth more to business ROI than more N. So much so, that 2022 (GPZ biggest year on record) vetch brown manure worth more than canola.

Great thread recently on plant population & crop competition. A few comments from the agronomy & WeedSmart perspective. Love that people are thinking critically about plant populations for weeds, yield or risk 👍 GOA Barry Haskins Broden holland iMc Fels 📲🌾 Graeme Sandral

Commercial bulk up of super early spring type IGW6821 starting to look the part with a wet and warm start in Greenough. Be neat to see where farming systems RnD can take these super quicks.

Predatory snout mites (Left) have been found to contribute to greater control of RLEM (Right) when present with Crazy mites AKA Anystis mites. Pasture snout mites are native and can be found across Australia. Image: DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock

Mid season sampling for the legacy of N on sand. 3 years of wheat and the impact from seeding density and N rate is starting to show. Such interesting research. Reach out if visiting this site is of interest this field day season. GRDC West

Dry sown bulk up crop of IGW6821 enjoying some early August moisture. Emerged just over 8 weeks ago in the first week of June, looking pretty neat

Ever wondered what 400kg/ha sowing rates look like for wheat in the Midwest? A: So Euro. Vixen wheat sown late into ameliorated loam soils set up to give it a nudge. If it doesn’t blow itself to pieces it’ll be a spectacle.

This monster collab with Mingenew Irwin Group @GGA starting to look the absolute picture. Canola on pulses absolutely pumping around the district making the double break look like quite a sensible option. Lentils also featuring highly here with last nights chatter, thanks all.

Virtual tour of a HALO site, Chapman valley with vixen wheat on various legume stubbles. With a total of 45N applied 2025 we are learning how all the different legumes provide their organic N to the subsequent crop. Leverage what we can learn, to make more of the good stuff 🌾

Picture tells a thousand words. These two plots, same N rate, same sowing rates, same day. So what’s the difference? A: Nothing. They are the same plot, one with cloud cover one without. The true magic of data production is in the interpretation, the ‘story’/extension.

IGW6821 - Kestrel -seed crop starting to look the part. Sown on to 2024 vetch stubble, early flowering will test the late compensation it’ll achieve. Often pigeon-holed into the LRZ, but given wheats ability for yield compensation I’d love to see more investment into quick genes

Spring field day with YFIG at a long-term legume site. Summary: - we drastically underestimate leaching losses in sand - we can demonstrate big improvement in N recovery with ⬆️vigour (sowing density) - ⬆️N soils need to be managed well to achieve >100% NUE (=⬆️$GM) GRDC West

Kestrel wheat packing on some grain in front of some warmer weather to come. A credit to InterGrain for releasing something so well suited to a quick environment. Farming systems need to grow more grain, quicker. All models suggesting tighter finishes, more tools in toolbox!

Filling grain into terminal drought is standard for a Mediterranean climate, which (understandably) suggests WHC is going to be limiting for grain fill. Lighter textured soils need to be filling earlier to minimise late season drought during grain fill. But no silver bullet!

Now that is not wheat

Making money might start looking different soon..! Super quick genetics give us some pretty handy levers to pull, especially with systems RnD on NUE. 150% NUE will challenge our understanding of N

The new arrowleaf clover Hamelin2 regenerating at Jingalup is over 10 t/ha and could be fixing over 275 kg of fixed N ha…wow

50 and 200kg (left and right) sown late June doing their bit to maximise late sown yield

IGW6821 ‘Kestrel’ bulk up at the fun end. This seed bulk up in the video averaging 6.95t/ha grain yield in Greenough. Big ups to InterGrain for letting me have a play. This has been really enjoyable to watch and be part of.